在大学生社交网络中,接触同行生成的与酒精有关的帖子频率与酒精使用之间的关联
Megan Strowger1, Matthew K Meisel1, Michelle Haikalis1
1Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, United States.
Addictive behaviors
|February 1, 2024
概括
社交媒体与酒精相关的内容 (ARC) 曝光预测大学饮酒,甚至超出了个人同行影响. 了解这种数字对等效应是干预的关键.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 数字媒体研究 数字媒体研究
背景情况:
- 同龄人使用酒精强烈预测大学的饮酒行为.
- 越来越多地认识到社交媒体在塑造同龄人对酒精消费的看法方面的作用.
- 现有的研究往往忽视了特定朋友在社交媒体上的与酒精有关的内容 (ARC) 的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查社交网络成员对ARC的感知暴露与大学生的酒精使用之间的关联.
- 为了确定网络成员自我报告的酒精消费情况之后,这种关联是否还存在.
- 探索参与者的性别和与网络成员的关系质量的潜在调节效应.
主要方法:
- 采用了社交网络方法和网络自相对应分析.
- 调查了994名大学生,他们对来自网络成员的ARC暴露和他们自己的酒精使用的感知.
- 对网络成员自我报告的酒精消费进行了控制,并根据性别和关系质量检查了适度.
主要成果:
- 对网络成员ARC暴露的感知频率与消费的酒精数量较高有显著的关联.
- 即使在对网络成员的酒精使用进行了控制之后,这种关联仍然很重要.
- 同龄人ARC证明了与饮酒行为的独立关联,与亲身同龄人饮酒不同.
结论:
- 在社交媒体上接触与酒精相关的内容是对大学生饮酒同行影响的重要来源.
- 干预措施可以从解决社交媒体ARC曝光和促进媒体素养技能中获益.
- 虽然发现很重要,但截面设计限制了因果解释.
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